The American Library Association will have these new buttons on sale during the Midwinter meeting in a few days. In the center are the words “Radical Militant Librarian.” Around the edge, it says “Defending Access Defending Privacy Defending Freedom.”
Libraries411.com mixes library location data with Google maps to make locating libraries easier.
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Two professors and a technologist at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, which is a business school, analyze Wikipedia’s quality and some of the challenges for the encyclopedia. They suggest a rating system might be a way to let people know about the quality of articles.
"Indeed, the key may be putting Wikipedia into a broader [...]
There’s been a lot of chatter in the blogosphere about what’s next for the search engine Feedster since two major players have left in the last year, Scott Johnson and Scott Rafer. Alan Graham, Community Liaison/Marketing Manager for Feedster, links to some of the speculative posts and replies, making some predictions of his own.
Thomas Gale adds podcasts to some of their resources.
The New York Times’ What’s Online points to the Fortune 500 Blogging Wiki, which has information about “active public blogs by company employees about [companies] and/or [their] products.”
Completely counter to librarianship being an excellent career worth pursuing is this article about research showing librarians are stressed out and bored–another stereotype of the profession.
People on the discussion list for solo librarians, where a colleage in New Zealand shared the article, wonder which librarians or library workers the researcher asked and if the journalist [...]
Well, Dowbrigade, you’re known for your use of photos. The x-ray you selected for this particular post is no exception. (Don’t worry: it’s work safe. Especially if you’re a doctor.) I can even imagine you saying, “Oh! Neat! Can I blog that?” when the doctor showed it to you.
Best wishes for a safe and speedy [...]
For years, people have debated who’s really a librarian. Library degree holders only? Paraprofessionals? Those who work in libraries doing the work of librarians but have no special training? Information scientists in non-library settings? Finally, an answer is on the horizon with this quiz Jessamyn mentions. Take it to find out if you really are [...]
New Berkman Fellow Dan Gillmor, author of the book We the Media and a former columnist for the San Jose Mercury News, is the guest at Tuesday’s (1/17) Berkman Center luncheon series. To attend, RSVP to rsvp at cyber.law.harvard.edu before noon on Friday (1/13). To participate remotely, tune in to the Webcast at http://harmony.law.harvard.edu/luncheon…. and/or hop [...]